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PROGRAM for THE INAUGURATION OF JAMES DEOTIS ROBERTS AS THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER
by Jackson, Maynard [Signed]
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- 1981
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 102.97
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Atlanta, Georgia: Interdenominational Theological Center, 1981. 16 pages. "Program for the Day, March 20, 1981" -- the official program for the inauguration of Roberts, who was arguably the most significant person in the "Black Theology" movement. The program is boldly signed on the front cover by Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, who was one of the speaker's during the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SHEET OF PRESTON PUBLICATIONS STATIONERY SIGNED BY NIKKI GIOVANNI
by Giovanni, Nikki
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- 1980
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 34.32
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Augusta, Georgia: Unpublished, 1980. A single sheet of Preston Publications stationery stationery, SIGNED by Giovanni and inscribed by her on the front free endpaper: "For Lloyd Terrell, Nikki Giovanni." Beginning in the late 1960's, Giovanni has been one of the most prominent Black American poets, writers of children's books, and civil rights activists. Among her many honors and… Read more about this item Item Price
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FREE BLACKS IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 1790-1860: The Darker Side of Freedom
by Bogger, Tommy L.
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780813916903
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 171.61
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Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1997. xiii, 264 pages. An important study of a little-known subject by Dr. Blogger, a Black historian at Norfolk State University. Both book and dust jacket are in as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Item Price
SGD 171.61
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A NICKEL AND A PRAYER
by Hunter, Jane Edna
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- 1941
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 617.80
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Nashville, Tennessee: Parthenon Press, 1941. 198 pages. This book is an autobiography of Jane Edna Hunter the black Cleveland civil rights leader who was a moving force in the NAACP, an officer in the NAACW, and the founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Association. The book offered here is SIGNED by Hunter and inscribed by her to Dr. and Mrs. James… Read more about this item Item Price
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FATHER OF THE BLUES: An Autobiography
by Handy, W. C. (edited by Arna Bontemps; with a Foreword by Abbe Niles)
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- About Very Good
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- 1941
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 686.45
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. xv, 317 pages. Scarce first printing. W. C. Handy (1873-1978) may not have been the actual "father of the blues," but he may have been the most successful early blues musician, composer, and publisher of blues sheet music. Handy's most famous compositions are "Memphis Blues," "Beale Street Blues," and "Saint Louis Blues." … Read more about this item Item Price
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DID YOU FEED MY COW? Street Games, Chants, and Rhymes
by Burroughs, Margaret Taylor
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- Revised Edition
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- 1969
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 549.16
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Chicago and New York: Follett Publishing Company, 1969. 96 pages. First printing. Margaret Burroughs (1917-2010) was a Chicago-based black artist, poet, community organizer, political activist, and educator. In 1940 she worked with the WPA to establish the South Side Community Art Center. In 1961 she co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History. Among the honors she received over her… Read more about this item Item Price
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INVISIBLE MAN
by Ellison, Ralph
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- About Very Good
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- 2nd Printing
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- 1952
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 8,237.40
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New York: Random House, 1952. 439 pages. Second printing of the first edition of this high point of American literature. An association copy, signed by Ellison and inscribed by him to Frederick Douglass Patterson (and his wife), who had been president of Tuskegee Institute when Ellison was a student there. The notable inscription reads, "For Dr. and Mrs.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DEEP SOUTH: A Social Anthropological Study of Caste and Class
by Davis, Allison, Burleigh B. Gardner, and Mary R. Gardner [directed by W. Lloyd Warner]
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- 1941
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SGD 617.80
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1941. xv, 558 pages. This groundbreaking study of race and class in and around Natchez, Mississippi was conducted by the authors and two other graduate students at the University of Chicago. The research team of participant-observers included a black couple (Davis and his wife) and a white couple (the Gardners). If anyone was the leader… Read more about this item Item Price
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BLACK METROPOLIS: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City.
by Drake, St. Clair, and Horace R. Cayton (Introduction by Richard Wright)
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- 1946
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 96.10
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1946. xxxiv, 809 pages. This is a landmark study of the socio-anthropological history of life in Chicago's South Side, at the time the second-largest concentration of African-Americans in the United States. The study was done by University of Chicago anthropologist St. Clair Drake and sociologist Horace R. Cayton, Jr. A lengthy introduction by famed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 96.10
SAMUEL CROWTHER: THE SLAVE BOY WHO BECAME BISHOP OF THE NIGER
by Page, Jesse
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- 1888
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 205.94
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New York and Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1888. 160 pages. Illustrated. Two-color decorated trade binding. Contemporary biography of Samuel Adayi Crowther (1807-1891), the Yoruba (now Nigeria) born former slave who eventually became the first African Bishop in the Anglican Church. During his lifetime he wrote A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language and translated both the Bible and The Book of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.94
BUILDING A NEW WORLD: BLACK LABOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
by Beck, Tom, and Adrienne Manns
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- 1982
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SGD 27.46
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Catonsville, Maryland: University of Maryland Baltimore County Library, 1982. 16 pages. Catalog for an 1982 exhibition in the Gallery of the University of Maryland Baltimore County Library. The exhibition included 50 photographs illustrating Black labor in the united states from Reconstruction to 1980. Twelve of the photographs are pictured in the catalog. Laid in is an… Read more about this item Item Price
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"A CRITIC'S VIEW OF THE SUPREME COURT: NINE MEN IN BLACK WHO THINK WHITE." New York Times Magazine. October 13, 1968
by Steel, Lewis
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- 1968
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SGD 480.52
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New York: New York Times, 1968. Lewis Steel was a lawyer for the NAACP when he wrote this article for The New York Times Magazine in 1968. In the article he challenged the traditional view of the Supreme Court as a liberationist institution, arguing that it "was a white court which would protect the interests of white America… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 480.52
OUT ON A "SCURDGEON" and Other Negro Stories in Dialect
by De Jarnette, Mrs. Eva Magruder
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- 1928
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 308.90
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Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Company, 1928. 52 pages. 12mo (7" X 5 1/4"). Staple-bound pamphlet in red pictorial wraps. First edition. Collection of 3 short stories originally written for publication in magazines in Century Magazine. Evelyn Magruder De Jarnette (1841-1902) was the wife of a slaveholder who lived on at "Pine Forest," a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 308.90
THE PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY VIRGINIA STORY
by Steck, John C.
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- 2nd Printing
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- 1960
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 68.64
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Farmville, Virginia: The Farmville Herald, 1960. 29 pages. 8vo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Second printing. A very biased account of the events in Prince Edward County when the county closed all public schools and raised money to start a private school that excluded black students--all to avoid desegregation. There were three small printings, but it is still… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.64
HARPER'S WEEKLY: A JOURNAL OF CIVILIZATION, February 18, 1865: Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment
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- 1865
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SGD 205.94
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New York: Harper's Weekly, 1865. Slavery Abolished in the United States! 16 pages. Large folio (16 inches by 11 1/4 inches). Original complete issue of Harper's Weekly. Harper's Weekly was the most important American pictorial newspaper in the 19th century. Because the original wood engravings in virtually every issue are highly collectible, complete issues… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.94
SWEET MEMORIES OF DIXIE (sheet music)
by Browne, Raymond A. (lyrics)
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1922
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 137.29
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Piney Woods, Mississippi: Laurence C. Jones, 1922. Original sheet music. Lyrics by Raymond A. Browne (1871-1922). Published by Laurence C. Jones (whose picture is on the front cover), the founder and principal of The Piney Woods Country Life School, Piney Woods, Mississippi. The school is still operating and is one of 4 historically African-American boarding schools for high school students.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 137.29
THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation 1954-1956
by Gates, Robbins L.
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- 1964
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SGD 102.97
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Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1964. xx, 222 pages. First printing. Originally written as the author's PhD dissertation, the book "reports and analyzes related events and reactions in Virginia from the time of the Supreme Court decison [Brown v. Board of Education] in 1954 to the enactment by the state's General Assembly of massive resistance… Read more about this item Item Price
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VIRGINIA'S MASSIVE RESISTANCE
by Muse, Benjamin
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- 1961
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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SGD 48.05
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1961. (8), 184 pages. First printing. A chronological account of the efforts of Virginia government officials to thwart the U. S. Supreme Court's 1954 decision outlawing racial segregation in public schools. The book is clean and tight, with just a hint of toning of pages. The dust jacket is clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 48.05
W.E.B. DU BOIS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WRITINGS ABOUT HIM
by McDonnell, Robert W. and Paul G. Partington
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good +
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- Revised Edition
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- 1989
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- Paperback
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- 9780960253883
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SGD 33.64
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Whittier, California: Paul G. Partington, 1989. 74 pages. A useful bibliography with annotations for many entries. The book is clean and tight, with minimal edgewear. Note: pages 11 and 12 are bound in upside down.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Item Price
SGD 33.64
WHO KILLED MARTIN LUTHER KING? The True Story By the Alleged Assassin
by Ray, James Earl
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780915765935
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SGD 377.55
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Washington D. C.: National Press Books, 1992. 285 pages. The first printing of James Earl Ray's self-serving version of the assassination of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. Boldly signed by Ray, without inscription, on the half-title page: "James Earl Ray April 1993." The signature is guaranteed to be authentic, and a COA is available,… Read more about this item Item Price
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